Ashley Walters - Sweet Anxiety booklet

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ANDREW MCINTOSH

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LA-based composer/violinist/violist/baroque violinist Andrew McIntosh is known for writing music with “soundscapes rich and immersive” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and has a unique and multifaceted performance career spanning solo, chamber, and early music engagements. His compositions have been described as “a shining example of the extraordinary music that the youngest generation of American experimentalists has to offer” (TEMPO), and have been featured at major venues in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Los Angeles, and New York, including several recent performances at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series and at Miller Theatre in New York. McIntosh’s performance career often takes him across the US and Europe as well, either as a member of the Formalist Quartet, wild Up, various early music ensembles, or as a soloist — most recently at the San Francisco Symphony’s SoundBox series. He is currently based in the Los Angeles area where he teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.


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